Boeing 40C Finished Roll Out

AAA Member Addison Pemberton sent this update to us in early February
2008:

After 8 years and 18,000 hours of toil the Boeing 40C rolled out last
week end as a finished airplane. We now have to wait a few weeks for
the snow to melt to fly this baby.We received our Standard
Airworthiness cert from the FAA last week and completed the engine
pre-oil and fuel flow tests for the 1st of the taxi tests to start
when the snow melts a bit. This is the snowiest winter inSpokane since
1968 !! Great timing?

4) The airplane weights 4080 lbs empty and has a gross weight of 6075
lbs. It's 34 ft long and 13 feet tall with a wing span of 44 1/2
feet. Wingloading 10 lbs per sq ft and power loading 10 Pounds per
HP (same as our Super Cub). Should cruise at 115 mph at 28 GAH and
32 GPH at 120 mph. It carries 120 gallons of fuel in three tanks.

5) We used 350 2" brushes and 6 gallons of West Systems epoxy. 181
rolls of paper towels.

6) There were a total of 62 volunteers who worked on the
project to some degree and 21 volunteers who did a significant amount
of work and 9 that worked continously over many years.

Thank you all for the interest in this dream and I will enjoy flying
the airplane and sharing it will all of you. Look for the Boeing 40 to
come to an airport near you!!!! We will take the airplane to Oshkosh,
Blakesburg, Broadhead and then to New York and then to San Francisco
on the original transcontinental airmail route this summer.